Once you adjust this setting for each section, your page numbers will again be continuous as you'd expect them to be. In the Page Numbering section, select 'Continue from Previous Section'.In the Header & Footer Design Tools menu, select Page Number -> Format Page Numbers.

If you have a document, do the following for each section:

Therefore, you have to set the page format within each section of the document. The key here is that each section of a document has its own page number configuration settings.